A beautiful gift for Christmas, this superb selection of writing, by celebrated Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, opens with his enchanting story A Child’s Christmas in Wales. This classic tale recalls magical days full of family, snowy countryside and the magic of Christmas, inspired by the author’s childhood in Wales. Thomas also revisits his youth in his series of stories Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. Brilliantly evoking his life through boyhood and adolescence to emerge as a young man in a series of vivid, uncompromising stories peopled with finely drawn characters. Then come the poems, carefully chosen and featuring such greats as ‘And death shall have no dominion’, ‘Fern Hill’ and ‘Do not go gently into that good night’. Dylan Thomas was a twentieth-century bard, and was able to get to the root of people’s lives and to express human emotions with intense skill and originality. He is remembered for his love of words and a startling inventiveness which has yet to be beaten. A Child's Christmas in Wales & Other Stories and Poems is part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

ディラン・トマスの言葉は、魂に響く「調べ」そのものです。ウェールズの冬を独創的な語彙と圧倒的なリズムで描く彼の筆致は、過ぎ去った日々への慈しみと生への渇望を内包しています。言葉の魔術師が紡ぐ、死と生を越境する抒情詩の世界は、読むたびに鮮烈な生命力で私たちを圧倒し、心の奥底を激しく揺さぶります。 映像化作品では、芳醇な語りが視覚的なノスタルジーとして補完されますが、原作には活字特有の「音の力」が宿っています。映像が映し出す美しい風景と、本に刻まれた比喩の輝きが共鳴し合うとき、記憶の深淵にある純粋な感動が色彩豊かに蘇ります。メディアを越えて響き合うこの至高の体験は、読者の感性を一段上の高みへと誘うでしょう。